Zagor LU #139: Maska na licu

Maska na licu concludes a conflict among fur traders whose ambitions and betrayals override respect for human life. The struggle to control the American Fur Company connects personal rivalries with British commercial interests, drawing innocent frontier inhabitants into the violence.

Bill Eyck seeks to consolidate his position at Fort Wolf, while a mysterious Iroquois shaman concealed behind a disturbing wooden mask foretells misfortune. Violence against the Delaware provokes Zagor’s determined intervention. Greed and the pursuit of power become a tragedy, forcing the hero to confront men prepared to sacrifice others for their own advancement.

Ottavio De Angelis brings motifs from Shakespeare’s Macbeth into the American wilderness. Ambition, crime and prophecy give the western plot the shape of a tragic drama. A mask conceals identity, while reputation and alliances conceal intentions, sustaining the mystery surrounding responsibility for the bloodshed.

Raffaele Della Monica illustrates the frontier trading environment and its dramatic confrontations. This is the concluding half of a two-part adventure. The preceding issue, Traperska izvidnica, establishes the characters and conflicts and is recommended for a complete reading.